Brenda Norrell (2023-01-22). Today is Joye Braun Day — We Remember the Lakota Pipeline Fighter: In Her Own Words. indybay.org Today is Joye Braun Day, Lakota mother and activist of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation in South Dakota. We remember Joye, in her own words, from stopping mega loads, protesting the KXL pipeline, and ultimately setting up the first tipi at the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock.

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-22). Outrage as Biden Admin Refuses to Shield Right Whales From Lethal Vessel Strikes. commondreams.org

_____ (2023-01-21). Direct Air Capture: Five Things You Need To Know About This Climate Scam. popularresistance.org We know that the window is quickly closing for us to slash emissions and avoid climate change's worst effects. So it's easy to get excited about direct air capture: technology designed to suck carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere. | But oil and gas companies have vested interests in DAC. As a kind of carbon capture and sequestration technology, DAC projects will receive hefty federal tax credits. | Now, DAC boosters are drumming up hype that masks real problems — notably, that direct air capture is a scam that won't help solve the climate crisis. With time running out on climate change, we can't wast…

_____ (2023-01-21). The Zero-Fare Public Transit Movement Is Picking Up Momentum. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – Washington, D.C., is on the verge of eliminating bus fares for city residents, joining other U.S. cities that are working to make metro bus and rail systems free to ride. | Already, Boston, San Francisco and Denver are experimenting with zero fare. In late 2019, Kansas City, Missouri, became the first major U.S. city to approve a fare-free public transit system. | The "zero-fare" movement has garnered support among business groups, environmental advocates, Democratic leaders and others who say that public transit boosts local economies, mitigates climate change and is a basic necessity for many…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). How to tell that the climate alarmists aren't serious. americanthinker.com If "climate change" is the existential crisis of our time, you'd think these people's math would check out.

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-21). The Heat: World Economic Forum. america.cgtn.com The World Economic Forum closes in Davos, after candid talks about the global economy, China's reopening and climate change. Global leaders and business executives gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, to discuss some of the biggest issues of 2023. Among the …

James Temple (2023-01-21). A Startup Says It's Begun Releasing Particles Into the Atmosphere, in an Effort to Tweak the Climate. globalresearch.ca

news.un (2023-01-21). Cabo Verde 'on the frontlines' of climate crisis, says Guterres ahead of Ocean Summit. news.un.org How can a country secure a sustainable future if 99.3 per cent of its territory is water? UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday arrived in Cabo Verde, the 10-island archipelago off West Africa's Atlantic coast that is exploring innovative solutions to help answer that important question.

Shannon Kelleher (2023-01-21). Report Shows "Vicious Cycle" Between Pesticide Dependence and Climate Crisis. truthout.org This story was originally published by The New Lede. Pesticide use is a significant factor in harmful climate change, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions in multiple ways, according to a report issued this week. The report released by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) found that greenhouse gases are emitted during production of these pesticides as well as when they are… |

Staff (2023-01-21). EPA Plan for Forever Chemical Discharges 'Lacks the Urgency' Needed, Watchdog Says. commondreams.org The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's newly released plan for regulating wastewater pollution, including discharges of toxic "forever chemicals," is far too muted and sluggish, a progressive advocacy group warned Friday. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) detailed how the EPA's long-awaited Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 postpones sorely needed action to rein in widespread contamination from …

Robert Hunziker (2023-01-21). Fukushima's Toxic Dumping Flashpoint. dissidentvoice.org "We must remind Japan that if the radioactive nuclear wastewater is safe, just dump it in Tokyo, test it in Paris and store it in Washington, but keep our Pacific nuclear-free." (Vanuatu's celebrated former 'Turaga Chief' Motarilavoa Hilda Lini) In the face of considerable worldwide criticism, TEPCO is moving ahead with its well-advertised plans to …

Staff (2023-01-21). Letters to the Canary: your chance to be published by us. thecanary.co The Canary receives a lot of emails from members and subscribers, on various topics — which the team are really grateful for. We always aim to respond. However, we thought what a waste it was that we're the only ones that get to read your opinions and musings on politics, society, and the world. So, …

americanthinker (2023-01-18). IPCC Climate Models Grossly Exaggerate 'Global Warming'. americanthinker.com Recent studies using honest methodologies establish that the panicky predictions are wrong by as much as 50%.

americanthinker (2023-01-18). No, the Antarctic's ice is not melting as fast as predicted. americanthinker.com No matter how many predictions on climate change are 100% wrong, the talking points and destructive policies remain the same.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). PIF urges Japan to delay discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater. ecns.cn The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on Wednesday urged Japan to delay its discharge of wastewater contaminated by the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Staff (2023-01-17). Rep. Ro Khanna on CA Flooding, Big Oil's Climate Denial, Debt Ceiling, Assange & Possible Senate Bid. democracynow.org The death toll from two weeks of flooding in California has reached at least 20. As climate scientists are predicting more extreme weather linked to climate change over the next two years, outrage is growing over how fossil fuel companies were fully aware of the link between fossil fuel emissions and global warming but spent decades obscuring the science in order to make maximum profits. We speak with Democratic California Congressmember Ro Khanna, who recently concluded a congressional investigation into the allegations and says the oil industry needs to be held accountable for the damage it has wrought. Khanna…

Staff (2023-01-17). Headlines for January 17, 2023. democracynow.org Ukraine Blames Russia After Strike on Dnipro Apartment Building Kills at Least 44, U.S. Expands Training for Ukrainian Soldiers at Military Base in Germany, German Defense Minister Resigns as Allies Press for More Arms to Ukraine, Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada Assassinated in Her Kabul Home, More Than Women Abducted by Insurgents in Burkina Faso, Death Toll from Unrelenting California Storms Rises to 20, Meteorologists Forecast Global Heating Will Accelerate in 2024, German Police Use Tear Gas to Clear Climate Activists from Site of Coal Mine, Activists Blockade Private Jet Airport Used by World Economic For…

_____ (2023-01-17). Climate Assembly Members Think And Act Differently Two Years On. popularresistance.org Climate assemblies are increasingly being used across the world to help decide how we tackle the climate crisis. As they have become more common, so has interest in their impact. However very few studies have looked at the long-term impact of taking part on assembly members themselves. | As one of the leads for Climate Assembly UK, my attention was therefore caught when assembly members began to talk about changes they had made in their own lives. These ranged from buying an electric car, to running for office for the first time, to setting-up a climate-friendly business. But were these the exception, or had lots…

_____ (2023-01-17). There Is No Canadian 'Climate Leadership' Without Canceling The F-35. popularresistance.org On Friday January 6th 2023 people gathered in front of Minister of the Environment Steven Guilbeault's office to speak out against the F-35 deal that was announced by the Canadian government. Although it may have been unclear why we were protesting at Guilbeault's office for a peace protest, there were many reasons for us to be there. As a climate justice activist fighting against fossil fuel infrastructure, such as Enbridge's Line 5, an aging, deteriorating, illegal, and unnecessary pipeline passing through the Great Lakes and that was ordered to shut down in 2020 by Michigan's Governor Whitmer, I wanted to high…

_____ (2023-01-17). More Austerity In 2023 Will Fuel Protests. popularresistance.org This week world leaders meet in Davos to discuss cooperation to address multiple crises, from COVID-19 and escalating inflation to slowing economic growth, debt distress and climate shocks. | Only three months earlier, finance ministers had gathered in Washington DC for the same reason. The mood was grim. The need for ambitious actions could not be greater; however, there were no agreements, evidencing the fragility of multilateralism and international cooperation. | Worse, policy makers -advised by the International Monetary Fund- are resorting to old, failed and regressive policies, such as austerity (now calle…

Aditi Ramaswami (2023-01-17). LEFT WONDERING: Will Eating Bugs Save The World — Or Doom It? levernews.com Welcome back to Left Wondering, our advice column for paid supporting subscribers on how to live your values during late capitalism. This is a place to raise your big existential questions, petty beefs, lifestyle questions, and everything in between. The incomparable Kate Aronoff has stepped back from the project to focus on her climate reporting, and we wish her the best. Now I will be taking a stab at it, since I'm a deeply curious Lever writer and editor with a penchant for hunting down answers to seemingly unanswerable questions.So send your questions LeftWondering@levernews.com and I'll do my damnedest to…

Associated Press (2023-01-17). Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100. peoplesworld.org The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. But if the world can limit future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree and fulfill international …

Climate Nexus (2023-01-17). Exxon scientists accurately predicted climate damage while company pushed misinformation. nationofchange.org "Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."

Editor (2023-01-17). Why California's Climate Change and Housing Crises Hit Women Hardest. scheerpost.com

Julia Conley (2023-01-17). US Climate Envoy Backs UAE Oil Executive as President of UN Climate Summit. truthout.org Progressives on Monday reacted with outrage and disbelief after U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backed the appointment of Sultan al-Jaber to lead the United Nations' annual conference on the climate emergency, saying the CEO of the United Arab Emirates' state-run oil company was not only qualified to preside over the summit, but that his background strengthened the case for his presidency. |

Luiz Marques (2023-01-17). The framework convention on climate is dead. Now what? mronline.org The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change went into effect in March 1994. Yet, of the twenty-seven meetings that the UNFCCC has held to date, the most recent one, in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, was the most inconsequential.

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-01-17). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".